Ansar win gold in womenâs handball
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DHAKA, April 8, 2021 (BSS)- Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence party won gold in the womenâs handball of Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games beating Bangladesh Police by 42-20 goals in the final held today at Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali Handball Stadium.
The winnersâ led the first half by 22-7 goals.
In the dayâs match, Khadija Akter was the highest scorer with eight goals for Ansar while Rubina Begum netted ten goals for Police.
Besides, Naogaon District Sports Association (DSA) secured the bronze medal in this event defeating Jamalpur DSA by 26-16 goals in the place-deciding match held at the same venue.
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Sylhet, Army reach last four in menâs football
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DHAKA, Apr 5, 2021 (BSS)-Sylhet district football team and Bangladesh Army reached the semifinal from Group A of the Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games menâs football event held today at Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium in Cumilla.
The semifinals of the event will be held tomorrow with Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Prothistan facing Bangladesh Army in the first semifinal at 1 pm while Sylhet district football team meet Satkhira district football team in the second semis at 3 pm at the same venue.
In the dayâs only match, Sylhet district beat Bangladesh Army by 2-1 goals to emerge the group A champions. Bangladesh Army finished group A runners-up with the dayâs defeat.
Three new national records in swimming The New Nation
BSS, Dhaka :
Three new national record were set on the first day of Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games Swimming event that has begun on saturday at Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming complex in the city s Mirpur.
Bangladesh Army s Jewel Ahmed stole the show by setting the new national mark when he clocked 02:16.12 minutes to win the men s 200m backstroke event after erasing his old record of 02:16.13 set in 2019.
Apart from Jewel, Bangladesh Navy s Mohammad Mahmudunnobi Nahid set the new national record clocking 00:56.71 second to win the 100m butterfly men s event after eclipsing his own previous record by 00:56.82 second set in 2019.
BFF postpones all domestic leagues
Sports Correspondent
5th April, 2021 01:54:27
Bangladesh Football Federation on Sunday halted all the ongoing domestic leagues as the Bangladesh government has declared a seven-day lockdown across the country for the time being to tackle the spread of coronavirus, starting today.
The second phase of the premier league and championship league, women s football league and third division league are temporarily postponed until April 11.
Only two events men and women football of the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Games will continue as Bangladesh Olympic Association has decided to continue the Games as per government instructions.
“We will resume these leagues after a seven-day break after the lockdown. We have already informed all the participating teams of these leagues. Only two leagues of Bangabandhu Bangladesh Games will continue as per as Olympic Association s instruction and under the strict health measures,” BFF general secretary Md